No, No! kat, don't go! Naemanson, she didn't mean that she wanted to be sacrificed. Fire up the ol' altar, OK, but sprinkle corn meal on it and let the aroma ascend unto the heavens...

kat, years ago, I was left alone in the Cascade mountains when my companions went on an errand to the closest town 70 miles away and I had an epiphany of sorts. I became so steeped, so saturated, with my surroundings that I could have lain on the earth, arms outstretched, and melded with the soil; I felt as meaningful as that boulder over there or that hawk floating two hundred feet below me. It was the first time that I realized the absolute oneness of us all.

The strange thing is that I didn't feel diminished or small- I felt empowered and vitally important. Just like the boulder and the hawk.

Amos, I think what you are saying is key to the conflict between the various and opposing views. Why can't we all see that?? Our worlds are so much larger and more complex than those people believe who rely only on and trust only in the physical.

Ebbie